Gillian Rubinstein

In the second Shikanoko tale, following Emperor of the Eight Islands, “Hearn’s mythic Japan fully unfurls, expansive and engrossing” (Robin Sloan, New York Times–bestselling author).A self-assured warrior stumbles into a game of Go that turns fatal. An ambitious lord leaves his nephew for dead and seizes his lands. A …

An ambitious warlord leaves his nephew for dead and seizes his lands.A stubborn father forces his younger son to surrender his wife to his older brother.A mysterious woman seeks five fathers for her children.A powerful priest meddles in the succession to the Lotus Throne.These are the threads of an intricate tapestry …